Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (album)

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
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Studio album by
Released17 October 2011 (2011-10-17)
Recorded2010–2011
StudioState of the Ark, Strangeways, Dean St. and Abbey Road, London
Genre Alternative rock
Length42:27
Label Sour Mash
Producer
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds chronology
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
(2011)
Songs from the Great White North...
(2012)
Singles from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
  1. "The Death of You and Me"
    Released: 21 August 2011
  2. "AKA... What a Life!"
    Released: 9 September 2011
  3. "If I Had a Gun..."
    Released: 26 December 2011
  4. "Dream On"
    Released: 12 March 2012
  5. "Everybody's on the Run"
    Released: 29 July 2012

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is the debut studio album by English rock band Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. Released on 17 October 2011, it is the first studio album released by frontman Noel Gallagher since his departure from Oasis in August 2009 and the group's eventual dissolution.

Contents

Background

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds was recorded between 2010 and 2011 in London and Los Angeles, and produced by Gallagher and former Oasis producer Dave Sardy. [1] Musicians featured on the record include former Oasis keyboardist Mike Rowe, The Lemon Trees drummer Jeremy Stacey and percussionist Lenny Castro, in addition to guest appearances from the Crouch End Festival Chorus and The Wired Strings. [1] The name, High Flying Birds, drew inspiration from the Jefferson Airplane song while using it as a band name was a homage to Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac.

The track listing includes "Stop the Clocks", which is the unreleased Oasis track of that name. [2] On 20 July 2011, "The Death of You and Me" was confirmed as the lead single, scheduled for release on 21 August 2011, with "The Good Rebel" appearing as the B-side. [3] On 30 August 2011, "If I Had a Gun..." premiered on Kroq Radio and will be Gallagher's debut single in North America. The second UK single is "AKA... What a Life!", [4] with "Let the Lord Shine a Light on Me" appearing as the B-side. On 5 September 2011, "AKA... What a Life!" premiered on Gallagher's official YouTube account. [5]

Until further notice, Gallagher has said that the Amorphous Androgynous collaboration will have to wait until 2013 for release.

Gallagher also says he has filmed a "BAFTA-worthy video" for a brand new single. He stated (in his web-blog 'Tales From the Middle of Nowhere'): "'I played the part of a slightly hungover grumpy northern taxi driver which is just as well as that's exactly what I felt like. I feel it's some of my best work and most definitely worthy of at least one Bafta. That actress Mischa Barton was in it too. Nice girl. (Manchester) City fan would you believe!?!? (sic)". "Everybody's on the Run" was later confirmed to be the fifth single from the album and was released on 6 August 2012. [6]

Production

Sessions ran from 2010—to begin recording of the album—until 2011, when in July (the 6th) Noel had announced details of the album.

Producer Dave Sardy had said of the album and Noel turned solo musician "It wasn't a weird situation for me. Noel is the main songwriter for Oasis—he always was—and whether anyone wants to admit it, he's kind of the co-manager of the band. He's a very smart guy. [..] I think Noel is a real grown-up in what he does as far as his writing and his music. I mean, I wasn't working with him when he was 18 – I'm sure he's changed, because who hasn't? – but for me, politically, there wasn't anything to think about. Noel is the songwriter, and I'm a song guy. If there was a chance for me to work with anybody in the band, I'd go with the awesome songwriter."

In this interview with MusicRadar.com, Dave also reveals:

"Noel's songs were great. The recordings needed fixing. I think he started out doing demos and then the excitement grew to the point where he thought he was done. It was presented to me like, 'Here's the album, when are you available to mix it?' [..] I flew to the UK and sat down with Noel, and I went through it song by song and what I thought the problems were. By the time we got to the fifth song, he had his head in his hands, and he was like, 'What are you trying to say?' And I said, 'I'm not trying to say. I'm telling you.'; We went through each song measure by measure, and every fifth measure or so I'd say, 'And what about this?' or 'What about that?' It wasn't like I said anything that was a shock to him; I just think he was used to the way everything sounded. At the end, he said, 'Well, how do we change it?' And I said, 'Don't worry, leave it up to me.' He had built a beautiful house, but it was sitting on a tarpit. We had to move it and put it on a better foundation." [7]

Noel had said that when working on the basic demos for the album at the time of the album's beginning stages of production, "Dave said he thought he could make it 10 percent better by re-recording some drums and bass and things. Watching Dave make it sound like a group when it's really just me and a click track was just a fantastic experience. I love Dave Sardy. He's great at what he does. He's great at what I'm not great at. In fact, I don't know exactly what he does, but he's brilliant at it. He really digs my songwriting, and he brings the best out of me because what he does inspires me."

"I'm pleased [with the production of the album], and I'm just glad to play it for the people."

To record the album, Noel and Dave were using a(n) EMI TG console and several Fairchild limiters, in a basic studio set-up.

Various locations for the album production were Surrey's State of the Ark, Manchester's Strangeway Studio, London's Dean St. Studios and the famous Abbey Road Studios. [8]

Album cover

The gas station in Beverly Hills where the photo for the album cover was taken Googie GasStation.jpg
The gas station in Beverly Hills where the photo for the album cover was taken

Lawrence Watson, Noel's personal photographer, was to document Gallagher himself in Los Angeles, California & Beverly Hills starting in Spring 2010, where a number of photos were taken for press release, and for the artwork of the 'High Flying Birds' cover.

When notified that he had to be included in the artwork as a solo artist, Gallagher explained, "There's an old petrol station in Beverly Hills beside the police station that's got a triangular neon roof, and when you stand underneath it, it looks like you're stood underneath Concorde. So we go out one night and it's all lit up in the neon, and we're taking these pictures – it looks like I'm stood under the wings of a high flying bird!" [9]

To show each photo taken of the artwork itself and other numerous photos after being well documented in just 18 months, a Photo Exhibition dedicated to Noel Gallagher's solo career launch was later held by Lawrence Watson in London, UK, going on through 27 October to 13 November 2011. [10]

Tour

Gallagher began the High Flying Birds Tour a week after the release of the album. The first show was in Dublin on 23 October. He said, "We're going to go out on tour a week after the album is out. We're going to start off slow in small theatres. If it's good enough to get bigger than that then it'll get bigger than that. I don't think there'll be a huge great big tour this year. I think this year it'll be a quick whizz around the world and try and do the major cities and then it will probably be a bigger tour next year." [11] North American, European, and Japanese legs were also included. On 9 November 2011 it was announced that Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds would be headlining all shows at Australia and New Zealand's travelling Big Day Out Festival. [12] [13]

Reception

Commercial performance

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds sold 55,000 copies after two days of sale, more than twice as many copies as its nearest rival, Letters by The X Factor winner Matt Cardle. [14] On 23 October 2011, the album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, with first-week sales of 122,530 copies. [15] In comparison the debut album by the band of Noel's brother Liam Gallagher, Beady Eye's Different Gear, Still Speeding , sold 66,817 copies when it debuted at number three on the chart in March 2011 and has since sold 166,609 copies in the UK as of January 2012. [15] [16] On 11 November 2011, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 300,000 units in the UK. As of February 2012 the album has sold 600,000 copies in the UK. [16] The album was the fourteenth best-selling album in the UK in 2011. [17] It was also the second biggest-selling rock album of 2011 in the UK, behind Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto . [18] As of 2 January 2013 the album has sold 739,000 copies in the UK. As February 2015 the album has sold 2.5 million copies worldwide. [19]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [20]
BBC Favourable [21]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [22]
Digital Spy Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [23]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [24]
Paste 8.2/10 [25]
Pitchfork 5.7/10 [26]
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Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg[ citation needed ]

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds received positive reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 69 based on 33 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [27] The BBC review praised Gallagher for continuing the proven formula of songwriting he adopted in Oasis, describing the album as an "enjoyable record". [21] Despite giving it a rating of eight out of ten, NME wrote that the album may have benefited from the vocals of former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher. [1] Digital Spy proposed that "despite all the hints to the contrary, Gallagher has managed to shrug off potentially suffocating expectations to record what could be his best album since (What's the Story) Morning Glory? ." [23] Writing for The Daily Telegraph , Neil McCormick awarded the album the highest rating possible, arguing that "High Flying Birds is the best collection of [Noel] Gallagher tunes since his Morning Glory days", referring to the critically acclaimed 1995 Oasis album as a benchmark for the album. [22] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic was more critical: whilst writing that "Gallagher does come up with some keepers," he noted that "the little brass flourishes... don't stop the album from playing like a succession of variations on "Don't Look Back in Anger" and "The Importance of Being Idle"," concluding that Gallagher is "missing anything resembling rock & roll, skimping on quick tempos and loud guitars." [20]

Mojo placed the album at number 46 on its list of the "Top 50 Albums of 2011". [28] American Songwriter ranked it number 42 on its list of the "Top 50 Albums of 2011". [29] Q ranked it number 21 on its list of the "Top 50 Albums of 2011". [30] Rolling Stone readers ranked it number 9 on its list of "The Best Albums of 2011". [31]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Everybody's on the Run"5:30
2."Dream On"4:29
3."If I Had a Gun..."4:09
4."The Death of You and Me"3:29
5."(I Wanna Live in a Dream in My) Record Machine"4:23
6."AKA... What a Life!"4:24
7."Soldier Boys and Jesus Freaks"3:22
8."AKA... Broken Arrow"3:35
9."(Stranded on) The Wrong Beach"4:02
10."Stop the Clocks"5:04
Total length:42:27

Bonus tracks

Digital download edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."A Simple Game of Genius"7:19
Total length:49:46
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."A Simple Game of Genius"7:19
12."The Good Rebel"4:19
Total length:53:59 [32]
Amazon MP3 deluxe edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Alone on the Rope"5:04
Total length:47:31
US deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Let the Lord Shine a Light on Me"4:12
12."The Good Rebel"4:24
Total length:51:05
Deluxe edition bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."It's Never Too Late to Be What U Might Have Been" (The Making of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds)33:46
2."The Death of You and Me" (music video)4:02
3."The Making of "The Death of You and Me""5:27
Total length:43:15
Limited Japanese tour edition
No.TitleLength
1."A Simple Game of Genius"7:18
2."The Good Rebel"4:24
3."Let the Lord Shine a Light on Me"4:14
4."Shoot a Hole into the Sun"7:58
5."Live at the NME Awards 2012" (DVD) 

Personnel

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [63] 3× Platinum900,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and formats for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
RegionDateFormatLabel
Japan12 October 2011CD, LP, digital download Sony Music Japan [64]
Australia14 October 2011CD, LP, digital downloadSour Mash Records
Ireland [65] [66]
New Zealand
United Kingdom16 October 2011 [67] Digital download
17 October 2011 [68] CD, LP
Canada8 November 2011CD, LP, digital download
United States

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